Complexity, organization, and Stuart Kauffman's the origins of order

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  Westhoff, Frank H ^a   Yarbrough, Beth V ^a   Yarbrough, Robert M ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Fitness landscape; Industrial enterprise; Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029690769     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2681(95)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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